www.ridetothesun.co.uk/ use this link for all details of next year's event.

Think I am now your 100th subscriber…Great Video … We’ll be doin similar Route June 2025 …. so extremely useful 🎖️

Great video. Lots of useful information as I'm planning a trip from North York to Holland using the ferry from Hull. Not sure whether to book accommodation or camp. The 'friends' web site is one I'll definitely check out.

Здравствуйте. Далеко до моря? Шезлонги на пляже платные? Вход в моря удобный?

Foarte frumos

في شهر ثنعش ديسمبز بيفتح لمسبح والكوا ولا بيكونو مسكرين كلشي

Excellent tour report - enjoyed your perspective on the trip. We did our 3rd tour in the Netherlands in June '24 (the 2nd was in June 2019). Like you we used Vrienden op de Fiets for our accommodation (bur Airbnb for two nights on Texel) - we found the accommodation outstanding for value and amenities. 😊😊

Jak dlouho je to, co v tomto hotelu zemřela česká rodina ? 😢❤ amen. Velké neštěstí.

I always love these videos about foreigners coming over to the Netherlands for a bike trip! First thought, it seems bizarre to me to have to book a train ride in advance if its not an international journey. Here, people just go to the train station and catch a train, the fees are fixed depending on distance. And you wre correct, a bike ticket has a flat fee of 7 euro. Only valid outside the rush hours though, so avoid the morning and evening commute times from 6:30-9 in the morning and 16:30 to 7 in the evening if you want to bring a bike on the train. Second, to elaborate a bit on "friends on bikes" that you can use to get accomodations on your bike trips. Campsites and hotels and restaurants and private accomodations can be found on there that are bike-friendly. They will have bike parking and they wont mind if you come inside all sweaty, thirsty for a drink! Most bars and restaurants in general wont mind if you park your bike along a fence or something, or park it along the roadside. Dont forget to bring at least a light-weight U-lock for your bike though, so it wont get stolen. There are also a lot of nature campsites (natuurkampeerterreinen) which generally are cheap, located in nice nature areas, and dont have too many luxury 'glamping' facilities, so you will probably meet a lot of other bikers, hikers, and people who love nature at those places. Third, as for GPS and route planning apps, in the Netherlands we have a system of bike connection points. Its a network of points, they are all numbered and the routes between the points are marked. You can google for "fietsknoop" or "fietsnetwerk" to find apps and websites that you can plan your route on. Or you can just get up in the morning, start cycling in the general direction you want to go, and pick up on the network along the way when you see a sign. They are white and green and have numbers on them and theyre on every bike path intersection. As well as signs showing the distance and direction to nearby towns. You wont get lost even without a GPS but of course it is nice to have one to be sure. Every accomodation will have a coffee machine, it is absolutely an essential part of life here. I cant imagine getting up early and going on a bike ride without making a nice strong cup of black coffee in an old-fashioned drip coffee machine. It would be miserable! The ferries across the rivers are mostly ran by volunteers and they are very cheap, so use them! Dont feel afraid to tip either, if you can afford to, they really can use it to maintain and operate the smaller ferry lines. The ferries in Amsterdam specifically are completely free and operated by the municipal transport authority. That underground bike park at Utrecht central station is the largest in the world, it has space for 22 thousand bikes and believe me, we need even more spots because its always full :D You can also rent bikes at any train station, those are the yellow and blue colored ones shown in the video, it costs 4 euro per 24 hours, so you can travel anywhere and get one to go on a day trip. I use them to bike to work sometimes. They are quite heavy but theyre sturdy so you wont need to worry about damaging them. Nice to see Gouda on any video, its the town I grew up in and its an underrated place to visit. You missed the cheese market, which is every Thursday, but at least you got a fresh stroopwafel. The town hall is one of the oldest in the country, its construction was started in 1448. The Saint Johns church at the town square has world famous lead glass windows that have recently been restored. Oh and Gouda has an aquaduct with a motorway running through a tunnel under a canal so you can drive through while boats are sailing overhead. If you get a pizza at an Italian place and youre waiting at the bar, if it takes a while, you can definitely get a free beer or a shot, I do that myself sometimes hehe The cycle tracks along the coast extend along the entire coastline, and most of it is through nature reserves. Its absolutely beautiful, especially north of the Hague around Katwijk and Noordwijk. The "garden house" in Amsterdam is a converted bike shed haha, usually we just put our bikes and tools in there but I guess it can serve as a small guest house. I have honestly never seen that before. Very creative. At Schiphol there is a runway that goes over a motorway tunnel, so when you drive there you can see airplanes taxiing overhead, its very surreal.

good video danny thanks for the info

did you have to pay for the sunbeds on the beach or was it included?

How was it? Im going in august. Im worried about the food en hygiene

4 and1/2 hrs flight time and 2 hrs transfer No Thanks

Great video and compliments for you pronunciation! Except for the stropewaffles, but you are the first I hear with the correct Gowda and not Gooda :)

Went two years ago staff were miserable the canteen was poor hygiene wife got food poisoning over crowded could even get a ash tray stayed at poisoned hotel last year much better and cheaper 😎👍

MDA, SA INCEPEM:Hotel pe dinafara cu tenta de 4 stele +.in camere 3 stele ,curatenia cat de cat..........bauturile cateva si vai de ele ca si gust ,marea este mica si una peste alta nu este de facut baoe in mare,piscinele,barurile,sezlongurile NU fac fata la cata lume este cazata .Mancare condimentata din plin si daca esti ca si noi cu un copil risti sa il tii pe chipsuri tot sejurul.Cateva topogane insa nu cele mai wow,toti angajati se uita la tine cu o privire care efectiv cerseste bacsis,ziua nu poti dormi (camera la parter) ,zgomot de la piscine si nu ai intimitate decat daca tragi draperiile si trebuie sa o faci ca se inoata de asa maniera cat sa arunce cel din apa cate o privire......,dai bani pe apa potabila ca sa bei ceva normal ,ca te saturi de bauturile acelea nasoale. Daca ai iesit din resort te haituiesc sa cumperi . Sa mai vorbim ca in engleza poti comunica asa si asa,se fac ca nu inteleg .Daca vrei schimb de camera iti propun pretul din acel moment (fara sa puna la socoteala ca poate ii recomanzi pe viitor si poate le dai un bacsis consistent daca fac un pret bun)....Plin de ai nostri tiganei care asa pe fata se dau la femeia ta si o invita la o bauturica si vorbe dulci .......NU vreau sa aud din nou de EGIPT........un plus este ca poti vedea piramidele si sa vezi o parte a culturii arabe, dar atentie cat nisip iei in ochi si in gat cand esti surprins de o bataie de vant .Pe scurt Grecia este peste clar .

At Rotterdam Centraal you missed the large underground bike parking. You only saw the bike parking at the back of the station.

Bike tour in the Netherlands and then show a disgusting American hotdog.... how wrong can you get?

Glad you enjoyed so much your time here in the Netherlands. I guess losing your helmet on the way out would normally be a disaster but you were headed to the one place you didn't need it 😂. Hope you will try more cycle touring off this success!

I am glad you enjoyed your stay. I know where about your Utrecht stay was and that might be one of the better spots when it comes to houseboat locations. Was a bit weird seeing such a recent video shot in 4:3 but I enjoyed. Greets from Utrecht.

Probeer de oost kant van het land. Provincie Drente, Overijssel, Gelderland en Limburg. Deze zijn mooier dan de westkant.

Hi Danny. Thanks for the vid. I am looking a booking end of may. Are there any bars etc outside the hotel complex ? Tia

In 8 Wochen dürfen wir auch dort sein😊

Thanks for a really informative video. Looks like its worth going just of that pizza 😂 The “Friends on Bikes” accommodation is a really good shout, I’ve just been looking and there’s load of places in France, which is where we are off to this spring.

Great video, do they supply snorkeling masks?

Steady on with those burgers 😂

No bike 😢😢

Hello Super👍

I was there from the 3th sunday till wednesday the 13th.... room 7221

fantastic looking place...

Красота, бассейн рядом с номером❤.Такой отель рассматриваю на следующий год

Great video, Danny. Be good to see you doing some more bike touring videos. I've enjoyed the few on your channel so far. I like the set up on your Boardman there too. Keep up the good work, I'm now a subscriber 👍

Great video 👍 hoping to do this myself in July 👍

Hi Danny Just watched your video I am thinking about going in June from Hull as I live in Doncaster found it very interesting and informative. Had a look at your channel and had a little laugh to myself because its very similar to mine ie no particular subject or theme I just do it for fun not subscribers only slight difference is I dont talk a lot in mine just put music to them. Take care and keep up the good work . Mick

We loved this video. This was my old ship when it was a celebrity ship. We've sailed with Marella and loved it. Cheers for the memories 🍻

Looks like you had a nice time in my country. Just remember you did a nice part of my country but you barely scratch it so many good places to cycle to. As for forgetting things you are only a bike ride away for purchasing it thats the dutch way ( i would recommend not forgetting any meds you need though). And google maps is pretty handy in finding these stores if you forgotten something. For the rest listen to this guy. One pro tipp don't forget the toilet paper.

Well lol, we are surely a wonderful nation, but do not expect mountains, with large natural forest areas. But fun and beautiful it will sure be. Hehehe...your editing assumes a bit that we look like any other nation. But well we do have pretty areas like the Veluwe, and some hills. LOL Thank you so much for visiting our nation. You are very welcome in our mids.

Always nice to see our british friends visiting us :) Greetings from Utrecht

Niet te saai/ Not at all boring, we like concise and to the point. All you need is clean underwear, a rainsuit and a debit card. The rest you can get localy and is a good souvenir.

An enjoyable video of a wonderful country! Looked a lot of fun. I'm planning to visit on my bike this year 🤞. How long did it take you to clear border control when you arrived at the Hoek?

I’ve just returned from a week in The Netherlands. I’ve been numerous times but this was the first time I had the opportunity to experience cycling there. It was only brief but what a liberating experience. Can’t wait to get back and really explore more of this amazing country on two wheels 🙂 🇳🇱

My buddy and I are coming over from Vancouver Canada next year to ride around the NW part of Europe so it was great to see the kind of thing that we’re going to experience.

So what's next? Tibet or cross Africa?

Worst July weather ever.

10:54 this is where I go horse riding 🏇 😊

Nice video. Btw, It’s Hoek of Holland, not ‘Hook’. Hoek of Holland translates as ‘Corner of Holland’. 😊 And Schiphol: the ‘ph’ isn’t a ‘f’ sound, it’s pronounced as ‘schip-hol’.

could you please share the link to Friends with bikes? thanks

Nice Video. In The Hague Zuiderpark was last year the Invictus Games

Well done. Gives a nice impression of some of the attractions in the western provinces and Utrecht (in the center) I doo recommend however to also tour the southern provinces and the north-eastern provinces. They are well worth a (bike) visit and very often forgotten by cyclists.

Yes, this kind of bikeracks in English trains are a nightmare. Normal bicycles hardly fit in. It's an advantage if you have a short handlebar. Best solution is to have a Brompton folding bicycle. Bikepaths in the Netherlands are very good. So you don't feel much of a difference riding on small wheels.